Pitt
Minnesota Invitational
Swimming Teams Complete Minnesota Invitational
11/22/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming
Nov. 22, 1999
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed in the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. over the weekend. The men's team finished second out of 12 schools with 677.50 points, behind host Minnesota (970). The women placed seventh out of 13 teams with 253 points.
The three-day event consisted of preliminaries (competed in short-course yards) and final heats that were conducted in short-course meters.
The Panther men grabbed two first-place finishes in relay competition. In the 200-meter freestyle relay sophomore Michael Demos(McKeesport, Pa./Elizabeth Forward), sophomore Miah Heath (Estes Park, Colo., Estes Park), senior Jerry Koller (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) and freshman Mike Grube (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) comprised a first-place time of 1:31.99, while the 200 medley relay team of senior Brian Elko (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls), senior Andy Cherep (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum), junior Patrick Shedlock (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin), and Grube finished first in 1:42.66.
In individual competition, Elko claimed second place in the 100 backstroke (55:45), then added a first-place finish in the 200 back (2:00.69). Sophomore Will Eden (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral) earned a second-place finish in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:25.73, while senior Scott VanEpps (Ft. Thomas, Ky./Highlands) also placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.74). Additionally, senior Mike Pron (Belle Meade, N.J./Hollsborough) had a top-three finish, placing third in the 200 breast in 2:18.31.
The Pittsburgh women were led by a number of top-three individual performances. Senior Nicole Palombo (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks West), a breaststroke specialist, placed third in the 100-meter competition with a time of 1:12.66, and fellow senior Beth Grube (Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby) grabbed third place in the 100 back in 1:03.86. Grube also placed sixth in the 200 back (2:16.92). Rounding out the women's top performers was senior diver Jamie Tomazich (Wexford, Pa./North Alleghany), who earned the highest spot of any Pittsburgh diver with a third-place finish on the three-meter board (488.10 points).
Both the men's and women's teams have the week off from competition. Select Panthers return to action Dec. 2-4, when they compete in the U.S. Open in San Antonio, Texas.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota Invitational
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nov. 19-21, 1999
Men: 2nd place, 677.50 points (12 competing schools)
Pittsburgh results only (Finals).
Competition in short-course meters.
200 R-Free
1. Demos, Heath, Koller, Grube 1:31.99
7. Cherep, Elko, Drew, VanEpps 1:35.59
9. Tallman, Lupetin, Quinn, Shedlock x1:36.50
14. Rahaeuser, Figueroa, North, Eden x1:38.09
400 Free
5. Will Eden 4:00.23
200 R-Medley
1. Elko, Cherep, Shedlock, Grube 1:42.66
6. Eden, VanEpps, Heath, Demos 1:44.37
12. Rahaeuser, Pron, North, Koller x1:46.13
22. Tallman, Peterson, Figueroa, Quinnx1:50.13
400 IM
2. Will Eden 4:25.73
17. Craig Peterson 4:42.06
100 Fly
4. Brian Elko 55.58
9. Patrick Shedlock 56.56
10. Steve North 56.91
15. Miah Heath 57.74
21. Adrian Figueroa 58.93
200 Free
10. Mike Grube 1:54.07
14. Josh Quinn 1:57.54
15. Brendan Lupetin 1:56.53
19. Tim Tallman 1:57.75
22. Regan Drew 1:58.73
100 Breast
2. Scott VanEpps 1:02.74
4. Mike Pron 1:03.40
5. Andy Cherep 1:03.99
23. Miah Heath 1:10.95
100 Back
2. Brian Elko 55.54
24. Ryan Raheuser 1:00.79
1-Meter Diving
8. Michael Wells 371.45
200 Back
1. Brian Elko 2:00.69
6. Will Eden 2:04.54
100 Free
9. Jerry Koller 52.52
10. Tim Tallman 52.63
14. Mike Grube 52.70
18. Miah Heath 52.93
22. Patrick Shedlock 53.98
23. Michael Demos 54.04
24. Brendan Lupetin 54.11
200 Back
3. Mike Pron 2:18.31
4. Scott VanEpps 2:18.87
7. Andy Cherep 2:21.78
200 Fly
7. Ryan Rahaeuser 2:05.05
11. Steve North 2:06.57
12. Adrian Figueroa 2:06.66
400 R-Free
8. Tallman, Heath, Grube, Koller 3:28.69
16. Quinn, Drew, Eden, Rahaeuser 3:37.00
--. Elko, Demos, Lupetin, Shedlock DQ
Final Score
Men 2nd 677.50
